George Washington
founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732–1799) | |||||
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| Date of birth | 22 February 1732 Westmoreland County (Colony of Virginia, British Empire, 38°11′10″N 76°55′3″W) | ||||
| Date of death | 14 December 1799 Mount Vernon | ||||
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George Washington was the first president of the United States.
portrait
- By Gilbert Stuart, 1797
- By Charles Willson Peale, 1772
- By Charles Willson Peale, 1776
- By John Trumbull, 1780
- By John Trumbull, 1790
- By John Trumbull, 1792
- By Rembrandt Peale, c. 1850
- By Adolf Ulrik Wertmüller, 1795
- By Gilbert Stuart, 1795
- By Gilbert Stuart, 1795–96
- By James Peale, after Charles Willson Peale, c. 1787–90
- By Gilbert Stuart, 1797
- By Gilbert Stuart, 1797
- By Gilbert Stuart, 1797
- By Rembrandt Peale, c. 1846
On currency
On coins
On dollar bills
- On a dollar bill
- On a $20 bill in 1905
- On the first dollar bill in 1917
- On a dollar bill in 1928
- On a dollar bill in 1935
- On a dollar bill in both obverse and reverse in 1957
He was also on 3 cent note and 10 cent note.
On postage stamps
- On the first postal issue of the US
- On 1855 issue
- On 1857 issue
- On 1870 issue
- On 1899 stamped envelope overprinted for Cuba
Memorial
- Sideview of Washington on Mount Rushmore
Statues and tomb
- Statue by Horatio Greenough (1840) in Washington, D.C.
- Horatio Greenough statue of George Washington photo by Frances Benjamin Johnston
- Statue in Paris, France
- Statue in Waterford, Pennsylvania
- George W. & Laura Bush visit Washington's Tomb
- Washington's Tomb at Mount Vernon, Virginia
- Statue de G. Washington par J.B. Houdon, Musée franco-américain de Blérancourt, France
Buildings and maps
- Federal Hall, N.Y., Inauguration
- Ferry Farm, Fredericksburg, Virginia
- Map of Mount Vernon, made by Washington
- Mount Vernon, by Francis Jukes, 1800
- President's House, Philadelphia